Geez, to go through life with the name "blob" sculpin...the scientific name has got to be a little kinder! (If I looked like this, I'd live in the depths, too...)
This particular specimen might not brighten up (seeing as his life status is questionable), but I'm sure that your average Blob Sculpin is perfectly amenable to a friendly embrace.
October 31, 2006
Anonymous said...
Oh, man, it just gets worse. The family that the poor blob sculpin belongs to is commonly referred to as the "Fatheads."
At least someone is looking out for our scaley friends.
November 07, 2006
Both Peer and Miss Cellania submitted this lump of a fish, and I thought it a fitting photo for Halloween. It does look ghost-like, or at least like some denizen of the Netherworld. I can't tell if it is more lump-of-lard or dough-dumpling in appearance. What ever it is, it doesn't look too happy.
Ioan helped me identify it as a Blob Sculpin. This fish is lumped (pardon the pun) in with other bathyal and abyssal fish. Abyssal - from the Netherworld indeed.
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posted by Raging Wombat at 3:22 PM on Oct 31, 2006
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Close this window Jump to comment formGeez, to go through life with the name "blob" sculpin...the scientific name has got to be a little kinder! (If I looked like this, I'd live in the depths, too...)
October 31, 2006
Yes. Whoever named this poor fish must have been in a foul mood. They added insult to injury.
October 31, 2006
Aww, c'mon, he'd probably brighten up if someone just gave him a hug...
October 31, 2006
This particular specimen might not brighten up (seeing as his life status is questionable), but I'm sure that your average Blob Sculpin is perfectly amenable to a friendly embrace.
October 31, 2006
Oh, man, it just gets worse. The family that the poor blob sculpin belongs to is commonly referred to as the "Fatheads."
October 31, 2006
Fatheads? Someone has to give these ichthyologists a course in sensitivity training.
October 31, 2006
Why do you think ichthyologists feel the need to be sensitive to the feelings of fish? Does a soldier love the war? Do doctors love disease?
November 07, 2006
At least someone is looking out for our scaley friends.
November 07, 2006